Govt satisfied with military commission advice: Downer

The Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says the Government is happy with official advice it has received from Washington clearing the US military commission of any claims of fraud.

There has been criticism of the commission - which is trying Australian detainee David Hicks - after leaked emails from two of the commission's former prosecutors showed they believed the commission process was fraudulent and was rigged.

David Hicks is facing charges of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit war crimes.

He is also deemed to be an enemy of the US.

Mr Downer says the Americans have assured the Government a proper investigation has been carried out involving the Inspector-General of Defence of the US.

Mr Downer told the 7.30 Report the Government accepts the advice.

"There were personality issues, personnel issues which had led to these expressions of view coming from these two prosecutors that is apparently what has happened in this case," he said.

"But we have gone back to the Americans, we have asked for an explanation as to what is in these emails and that is the information we've been given.

"There was a very thorough, a very thorough investigation into these investigations because amongst the materials in these emails are very serious allegations and the Americans have told us that those investigations cleared the military commission process," he said.